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Scene. — A shabby bed-sitting room. Bed in one corner, 
old screen partly hiding it. Two sugar eases, one on the 
other, curtained by old chintz, as cupboard. TfieseJUled 
with empty bottles. Table centre. Two chairs. 
Door bad,. 

Mrs. May discovered listening at almost closed door. 

Mrs. May. Cat! (slams door and comes half way front. 
Stops and nidus back to door. Opens door) You're no lady ; 
you thing ! (slams door and comes half way front. Goesbaclc 
again and opens door) You ! You ! You're a woman ! A 
woman ! Woman ! (dams door and comes front and removes 
cape and bonnet and almost fingerless gloves) There ! That 
had her one. The truth is bound to come out if once I get 
hold of it. Seventeen times 'as she give me notice since 
half-past nine o'clock Tuesday last. Just because I owe 
her a few weeks' rent. Five to be exact, and Rent m&vlz you, 
for a hole like this. What am I to do. Where's that 
telegram, (reads) " Come immediately. Urgent case. Dr. 
Robinson." There . . . there's luck, the fust job I've 
'ad for three months. I don't know what's coming to the 
Birth Rate in England — that can't be Free Trade. Come 
immediately — yes — I clessay. But, how, my good man — 
How ! Here's me with me box packed — an' can't move — 
for a few paltry weeks' rent. Last week she was all for 
saying " pay up or go '' — and now it's u pay up or you don't 
go." Yah ! I hates these weathercock minds. If that 
woman was on'y a lady, I'd put up with 'er 'orrible ways, 
and, if I wasn't a lady meself, I'd tell 'er as she's on'y a low, 
common woman, as 'asn't got a decent dress to 'er name, 
and no respectabul lady would be seen calling 'er what she 
is ; a tallow-complexioned . . . 

Enter Mrs. McMull hurried hi. 

Mrs. McMull. What was you a-saying ? What was you 
a-calling me 1 

Mrs. May. Can't a lady speak to 'erself without you 
spying and listening, and keyholeing ? I've been used to 
ladies 



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Mrs. McMull. And where, may I ask ? 

Miss May. Not 'ere. And let me tell you as listeners 
never 'ear no good of theirselves. Not as anyone ever said 
any good of you ever. You're on'y fit to be a skeleton. 
And look at yer 'air, if you call it 'air. 

Mrs. McMull. I decline to demean meself by con- 
versationing with you. Are you a-going to pay me my rent 
or not ? Fourteen weeks you've been 'ere, and me not even 
seen the colour of your money for the last five. 

Mrs. May. Five weeks ! Is that all ? Why I thought 
by your language it was five years at least. I shouldn't let 
all the neighbourhood know I was broke for fifteen bob. 

Mrs. McMull. Broke ! Me broke ! Why it's you as is 
broke ! 

Mrs. May. Me ? Is it me as is 'owling fer fifteen 
shillings ? Is it me as is abusive because I ain't got it ? Oh ! 
if my sister could but see me now, she'd cry 'er eyes out. 

Mrs. McMull. If she's so rich as you say she is, it's 
a pity she don't pay your debts. 

Mrs. May. Debts ? Meaning fifteen shillings. Why 
she wouldn't - think of such a paltry amount. If it was 
pounds she'd give me a cheque. But fifteen shillings, I'd 
be ashamed to ask 'er for it. 

Mrs. McMull. If she's so rich it's a wonder she lets 'er 
on'y sister go a-nursing 

Mrs. May. If you on'y understood the upper classes, 
you'd know why. Independence is our motter. It's on'y 
ther lower classes as worries about money. It's obless and 
oblige with us. 

Mrs. McMull. It's my belief you ain't got no sister at 
all. And, what's more, you never 'ad a sister. 

Mrs. May. There's shamelessness, and 'er with 'er own 
carriage, as might call 'ere any day, if the place was a little 
more respectable. 

Mrs. McMull. Seeing's believing. When I see 'er I may 
believe as she 'as thousands and keeps 'er six servants. 
Not before. 

Mrs. May. If you was anything but a woman you'd know 
a lady when you seen one. 

Mrs. McMull. Don't you dare to woman me. I'll fetch 
the perlice if you call me again. And I'm tired of giving 
you notice. 

Mrs. May. And 'oo arst you to ? But that's done it. Now 
I don't stop 'ere no longer unless you erpologise. You 
woman. 

Mrs. McMull. That's enough ! Pay up and go — Creature ! 

Mrs. May. Woman ! 



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Mrs. McMull. Creature ! 

Mrs. May. Woman ! Woman ! Woman ! 

Mrs. McMull. (bursting into tears) I'll set my lawyers on 
you for that. I've never listened to sich awful abuse in all 
my nat'ral. Never ! And in me own 'ouse too. But you 
wait. You just wait ! That's all I arst. You just wait. 

Exit Mrs. McMull. 

Mrs. McMull. (going to door) Woman ! Woman ! (shuts 
door) I suppose she means it too. I never see a woman 
take erfence so easy. And me said next to nothing. But 1 
don't see azactly 'o\v I'm going to get out and on'y one and 
fi 'pence in the wide. It 'ud cost me a bob to move my box 
to the station — and then there's the fare to Bristol — and me 
medicine at the — Why, I want a sovereign without her 
frowsy rent, and there's £4 certain and board — and lodging, 
and extras, (thinking) I wonder if I could do it ? I wonder 

if she'd be took in 1 She's a bit of a Yus, I will. I'll do 

it. I'll run ercross ther wiy and borrer Phoebe Bell's best 
costoome and bonnet, what she borrered from 'er misses 
when she left. She'll be out I know, and I can frighten 
that landlady of 'ers. Easy ! She won't dare to stop me. 
And I'll borrer the old woman's specs. I shall look a 
treat. I'm one as pays fer dressing. I'll teach 'er what's 
due to a lady. 

Enter Mrs. McMull, holding out a paper. 

Mrs. McMull. Here's your notice, written. You've got 
to quit up and deliver within twenty-four hours. And you 
don't take your boxes with you neither. 

Mrs. May. (going) I'm sorry for you now, my poor 
woman. You've done for yourself, now. I'm off to see my 
fam'ly slicter ; he'll put yer through it. Deformation of 
character — through living in your 'ouse. There'll be no 
option for you this time ; though, as me sister wrote me on'y 
larst week — what can yer expect from a woman ? A woman ! 

Exit Mrs. May. 

Mrs. McMull. A disgrace to 'er sect, that's what she is. 
No clars ; that's her all over. And her sister. She's got no 
sister. If she were a lady I wouldn't mind so much. A 
real lady can be friendly with another lady, even if it comes 
to words. But out she goes as I'm a living lady. And what 
has she got in my cupboard 'I (sees box) Oh, look at that, 
now ? There's me lady's box all ready packed, if you please. 
Lucky I noticed it — I know 'em. She'd a been out of the 



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winder and down the drain-pipe with it, if I 'adn't a-been 
sharp. And then where's my rent ? I'll just have a peep 
and see what she's got in it. Locked ! That marks her — 
there's trustfulness, T don't think. Who does she suspect 
wants to look in her dirty box — at her bits of rags ? I hope 
she ain't pinched any of my ornaments. No, they're all 
here. Where's the "Love one another"? She's took it. 
I'll 'ave her locked up — if she has. (finds it) Well, that's 
manners, upon my word. Look at that — using a lady's 
motter to keep the flies out of a bit of dripping. Scandalous ! 
Ah ! This teapot was never used for tea. (shakes it, and 
vainly trie* to get the lid off) Blow the lid ! It's some plan 
of 'ers, so as no one can look in. And there's something 
inside. More gin, o' course. I'll make sure, (drinks from 
spout — splutters) Poison ! Done a-purpose. Parafin ! And 
in a teapot. No lady would ever keep 'er parafin in a 
teapot, (knocking) 'Ulloa ! What a knock ! Sounds like 
the Lord Mayor and all 'is plecemen. (knockings) 

Mus. McMull goes to door and comes back with Mrs. 
May disguised, in smart clothes and specs. 

Mrs. May. Is Mrs. May in, my good woman ? 

Mrs. McMull. No, mum, she ain't, mum. Won't you 
please to sit down ? 

Mrs. May. What, not in ! Didn't she get my telegram ? 

Mrs. McMull. Yes, she did get a telegram. I brought 
it up with my own 'ands. 

Mrs. May. I don't think I'll wait. Would you please to 
say as 'er sister Mrs. Le Browning called ? 

Mrs. McMull. 'Er sister ! Oh ! Yes, mum. I was sure 
you was. If I may say so, there's a strong fam'ly likeness. 
Won't you come in a minute. Mrs. May won't be long, and 
the 'ouse do seem so lonely without 'er, that I 'ope she'll be 
as quick as I want 'er to be. 

Mrs. May. I'll wait a few minutes, then. But I daren't 
wait no longer or the 'orses might get cold. 

Mrs. McMull. (placing chair for her visitor, who sits 
beside table) Oh, you've drove over then, mum. Now I've 
got an 'orrer of 'orses. My pa used to keep quite a quantity, 
but nothink would injuce me to go near them, 

Mrs. May. Ho ! Hindeed ! The on'y thing as I object 
to in 'em is that they do make such a dust. My mouth is 
full of it. 

Mrs. McMull. Can I presoom to offer you a cup o' tea ? 

Mrs. May. There's nothink I should like better, but I 
dasent. Tea acts like poison on my sistern. It does, I 
assure you. 



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Mrs. McMull. I can quite believe it, mum. You being 
so ercustomed to ther best of everythink. But is there 
any think else I can offer you, mum ? I'm sure as your dear 
sister would be dreadful worrited if she knew you was dry 
and wouldn't take nothink. 

Mrs. May. If you should 'appen to 'ave a little barley 
water ready made 

Mrs. McMull. There ! And I 'ad some in ther 'ouse 
on'y a month or two back, but if you was going to stay an 
hour or two 

Mrs. May. I wouldn't trouble you fer ther world. I 
suppose you 'aven't a drop of Madery Sherry wine 'andy ? 
No ? Then pray don't worrit. The doctors order me gin, 
on'y it's such common stuff that I suppose you don't keep it 
in the 'ouse. 

Mrs. McMull. Well, to tell you the honest truth, mum, 
I 'ave a little as I keep in case o' measles in the 'ouse. If 
you'll excuse me for one moment, (going) 

Mrs. May. Ho ! certainly ! 

Mrs. McMull. If I'd known as we was going to 'ave 
ther pleasure of seeing you, I'd 'ave 'ad the other. I shan't 
be one moment. 

Exit Mrs. McMull. 

Mrs. Ma v. Yah ! Yer old cat ! Yah ! Done her — 
I've done her — she don't know me. My poor Aunt Phoebe 
was right after all. I'd 'a made a fortune on the stage. 
(imitating Mrs. McMull) I shan't be a minute. Ole cat ? 
I knew she kep it, and yet when I arst 'er to lend me ar 
a pint or so the other day, she swore as she never 'ad none. 
But she ain't rekernized me. Now I'll lead 'er on. 

Enter Mrs. McMull with a bottle of gin and glasses. 

Mrs. McMull. Your dear sister was on'y saying to me 
this very afternoon ; " Daisy dear," she says to me, " if my 
sister calls," she says, "you'll know 'er from 'er likeness to 
me." "Then," I says, " all I can say is that she must be 
a very good-looking lady," I says. Any water, mum ? No ! 
Ah ! you take it as a tonic, same as me. My respex, mum. 

Mrs. May. In which toast I will include my sister, 
Mrs. May. 

Mrs. McMull. Ho ! certainly, mum. With all me 'eart — 
fer a nicer, genteeler lady than your dear sister I've never 
'ad the pleasure of meeting yet. (they drink. Fill up and 
continue drinking) 

Mrs. May. I dessay as you've noticed, mum, as my sister 
is a very proud nature. She's never arst me fer nothink in 



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all 'er life, and me on'y too willing to give 'er hundreds if 
she'd on'y accept it. 

Mrs. McMull. Ho ? Yes. I on'y said to 'er this morning, 
"my dear," I says, "if I 'ad a sister like you, I'd do my 
best to please 'er by taking whatsomever she wished to give 
me. Proud as I ham, I am never too proud. 

Mrs. May. I suppose my sister don't owe you nothink ? 

Mrs McMull. Ho ! No ! Not what you may call owing. 
There is just a matter o' rent . . . on'y eight weeks — 
and I woudn't 'ave her think — 

Mrs. May. Ho ! indeed ! I'm glad it's such a trifle, or 
I'd 'ave paid it. But it might upset 'er. (aside) Eight 
weeks— Oh ! the 'ag " ! 

Mrs. McMull. I shouldn't 'ave mentioned hit, if you 
'adn't a arskt me, mum, I do hassure you. What's ten weeks 
rent? 

Mrs. May. (aside) Go it — go it — I must 'ave been 'ere a 
fortnight already, (aloud) O' course you wouldn't, mum. You 
know what's due to a lady, 'oo better. Still, as my sister is 
a bit of what we call an eggcenteregg, in 'igh sassiety, and 
she of 'en pertends as she can't pay, just fer fun, you might 
tell me when it comes to the nex' quarter. Some folks 
per fer to pay arf -yearly. 

Mrs. McMull. Ho ! yes, I expect that's it. But as I 
on'y said to 'er this very morning, "Don't you trouble 
erbout ther twelve weeks' rent, my love," I says, " Friend- 
ship before all," I says. 

Mrs. May. Hindeed ! Very propitious of you, mum. 
Very ! I suppose my sister meals with you ? 

Mrs. McMull. Not always, mum. I wish she would, 
she'd always 'ave a kind welcome. Like sisters we are. 
And a dearer creecher, a sweeter, more good temperder 
lady I never 'ave seen. A horniment to any 'ome, 

Mrs. May. It's most kind of you to say so— most kind. 
And if you wouldn't consider it a liberty, I should like to 
send you a small present when I send ther rent. If you 
could buy something fer ten pounds in memoriam of me. 
joolery — or gloves — or — or— soap — (looking at Mrs. McMull) 
Yes — I think soap's best— or any think 

Mrs. McMull. Delighted, mum— for as I was saying to 
your dear sister on'y this morning — do 'ave just one more 
glass, mum. (fitting it) 

Mrs. May. To oblige you then, mum. Here's wishing 
you all you w T ish yourself. 

Mrs. McMull. And if I might be erlowed to express ther 
sentiment, 'ere's wishing as we may become better 
acquainted, mum. 



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Mrs. May. I'm a-going to arst me sister to come and stay 
at our new 'ouse, and if you'd come with 'er 

Mrs. McMull. Delighted, mum. To know you better is 
a treat in store. 

Mrs. May. And as me poor sister's 'ealth isn't what it 
ought to be, if you would kindly see as 'o\v she got 'er meals 
'ot and reg'lar, and good nourishing food 

Mrs. McMull. You leave it to me, mum. There's 
nothink can't be too good for 'er. Of course, she's been 
used to the best when staying with you, I can see. 

Mrs. May. Fourteen course dinner every day. My 
'usband will 'ave 'em. You see 'e's made 'is money, and 'e's 
got nothing ter do but ter enjoy 'isself. And besides — 
'e's (whispers) 

Mrs. McMull. Lor', mum ! Riches ain't everything, 
are they ? 

Mrs. May. Well, of course, if (whispers) 

Mrs. McMull. Poor dear. Now, my 'usband was quite 
different. He ( i vh ispe rs) 

Mrs. May. Well, I never. I wouldn't a stood it. They 
may go too far with me. Up to a point, well, it's all very 
well, but oncet they go beyond 

Mrs. McMull. My sentiments to a T, mum. But I 
buried my poor dear ten years ago, and it' wonderful 'ow I 
miss him still. 

Mrs. May. A man about the 'ouse 'as 'is uses, I will say 
that. But my sister don't seem to be coming, and ther 
coachman don't like ther 'orses kep' waiting. They're round 
the corner now, I expect, so I must be off. 'Ow pervoking 
her not being here. I can't wait any longer. And I wanted 
her to come back with me for a couple of days. 

Mrs. McMull. Well, it's her loss, but my gain, as I 
should have missed her so. 

Mrs. May. Well, it can't be helped. My train goes at 
six o'clock, and I must go the stores first and get half a dozen 
pine-apples for dinner to-night. I've only just time to do it. 
I am disappointed. Good afternoon. 

Mrs. McMull. Any message I can give 'er in case she 
comes in ? 

Mrs. May. What a 'ead you've got. If she should, by 
chance, come in time, tell her to catch the six o'clock from 
Waterloo, and come to-night. Here's the address. Mrs. 
Le Browning. Ah ! The Manor House, Birmingham. 

Mrs. McMull. If she should come, she'll 'ave your 
message. 

Mrs. May, That'll do — if my sister wants any — which 



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ain't likely, lend it to her, and I'll send it— with the £10 
gift for soap, and the 25 weeks' rent. 

Mrs. McMull. Oh, with pleasure. 

Mrs. May. Well, good-bye— I must go. 

Mrs. McMull. You don't seem to 'ave been 'ere no time 
at all. I do 'ope we shall see you again soon. 

Mrs. May. Well, not just yet. We move in two weeks 
to our new 'ouse. The present one 'as on'y fourteen bed- 
rooms, and when we hentertain it's awkward. But I must 
be off, and I'll leave my sister safe in your 'ands, I know. 

Mrs. McMull. She's on'y got to say the word 

Mrs. May. And as to the trifle of rent 

Mrs. McMull. Why mention it, my dear. What's a 
matter of eighteen weeks at six shillings a week. 

Mrs. May. I'll tell you what we'll do. Say nothing to 'er, 
and when you come to stay with me I'll give it to you. 
Give 'er my love. 

Mrs. McMull. That I will. And if she's too late to come 
on to you I'll get 'er a nice 'ot supper ternight. 

Mrs. May. Ah! you're a kind creecher. Good-bye for 
the present. 

They kiss. 
Exit Mrs. May. 

Mrs. McMull. There ! That's what I call a lady— kisses 
yer. No back-biting. If I was ter meet ther Queen I 
couldn't like 'er better. So sochable too. And I dessay 
drinks champayne out o' tumblers when she's at 'ome. And 
me to stay with 'er. I must get a new costoom. I expect 
she dresses fer dinner, and does 'er 'air d'rectly after break- 
fast. No curlers there. Quite the lady in every way. 

Enter Mrs. May with old dress on. 

Your sister's been, dear. 

Mrs. May. I don't believe it. You're falsifying to me. 

Mrs. McMull. To you ! I'd rather falsify to a pleeceman 
than to you. She's reely been. And such a lady. 

Mrs. May. And me out. 'Ow pervoking. I meant ter 
borrer twenty pounds. I meant to 'umble meself so as I 
could pay you. 

Mrs. McMull. Pay me, love ? Now don't offend me, 
please. Such a little matter. 

Mrs. May. You made enough fuss. 

Mrs. McMull. That was on'y my fun. Just ter cheer 
yer up like. I've got a message for yer. You're to catch the 
six o'clock from Waterloo to Birmingham. She wants you 
to stop with her for two days. 



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Mrs. May. What, at the Manor House. Why I 'aven't a 
thing to go in — and no money for my fare. 

Mrs. McMull. Don't be silly, Millie dear. I've arranged 
all that with your dear sistsr. Here's your box ready packed. 
No ! You must let me carry it down and put it on a cab. 
And here's a sovereign for your fare. 

Mrs. May. I couldn't touch it. Never a Borrower me. 
No, I won't go. I owe you for my rent too. 

Mrs. McMull. That's all right. Come -as one girl to 
another. I'm just coming to join you in a week. Come on, 
dearie, you've just time. Here, take the sovereign 

Mrs. May. Well, I'll 'umble meself. But, my sister 

Mrs. McMull. Sisters, dear. Sisters, for I feel as if I 
was your sister. 

Mrs. May. Oh, Sissy — Sissy. Believe me, as time rolls 
on you'll never forget what a Sister means to a Sister. 

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Second in Command 

Sir Anthony 

Snug Little Kingdom 

Squire [Brown 

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Two Mr. Wetherbya 

Walker, London 

Walls of Jericho 

When We were Twenty-One 

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VOLUME 150 
2110 The Dentist 
8887 Taken for Granted 
2238 Just M Well 
2289 Hogmany 

2240 Pansy [raents 

2241 A Doctor's Eugage- 

2242 K Duet 

2243 My Milliner's Bill, 1«. 

2244 My Aunt from Cali- 

fornia 

2245 His Life for Hen 

2246 The Meeting 

2247 The Umbrella 

Duologue 

2248 The Late Lamented 

2249 Woman Triumphant 

2250 Angehna's Lover 

VOLUME 151 

2251 Chrysanthemum! 

2252 My First Client 

2253 Punctured 
t'ibA Old Pals 

2255 Honeymoon Tragedy 

2256 Commission [man 

2257 Hal, the Highway- 
2268 Dinner for Two 

2259 Ninth Walt* 

2260 Human Sport 

2261 Collaborators 

2262 More Man 

2268 Faeking Up 

2264 Paying Guest 

2265 'Enery Brown 

VOLUME 152 

2266 The Jilt 

2267 'Op-o'-Me-Thumb 
2266 A Marriage Has Been 

Arranged 

2269 Carrots [Sturge 

2270 Conversion of Nat 

2271 Clerical Error 

2272 Aubrey Closes the 
2272 Werkbox [Door 
2274 Two on a 'Bus 
2276 Bridget's Blunders 

2276 That Brute Simmons 

2277 Well Matched 

2278 Maker of Men 

2279 Gutter of Time 

2280 Game of Chess 

VOLUME 153 
8181 Mr. Steinmann's 
Corner 

2282 Ella's Apology 

2283 Colour Sergeant 
2884 Helpless Couple 

2285 First Aid to the 

Wounded 

2286 Oorrect Thing 

2287 Their New Paying 

Guest [ment 

2288 Domestic Entangle- 

2289 Salt of Life 

2290 Time is Money 
8891 Wally and the 

Widow [Smiths 

2292 Deceitful Miss 

2293 Holly Tree Inn 

2294 Up-to-date 

1296 Bit 9i Old Chelsea 



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2296 Wrong 

Boat 

2297 The Oj 

2298 Prima 

bert 

2299 Lights 

bert< 

2300 Mirror of Tim* 

2301 Three Blind Mice 

(Muakerry) 

2302 Privy Council 

2303 Snowed up with a 

Duchess 

2304 Acacia Cottage 

2305 Fabricato 

2306 Compromising 

Martha 

2307 Rest Cure 

2308 Misses Primrose's 

Deception 

2309 Ejection of Aunt 

Lucinda 

2310 Uncle Dick's Darling 

VOLUME 155 

2311 That Horrid Major 

2312 Bardwell v. Pick- 

wick [gales 

2313 House of Nightin- 
2814 Turtle Doves [der 

2315 Superior Miss Pellen- 

2316 His Good Genius 

2317 Martha Plays the 

Fairy 

2318 Dumb Cake 

2319 Proposing by Proxy 

2320 Phomix 

2321 Boatswain's Mate 

2322 Final Rehearsal 

2323 Two Aunts at a Time 

2324 Nelson Touch 

2325 Convict on the 

Hearth 

VOLUME 156 

2326 Grey Parrot 

2327 Ghost of Jerry 

Bundler 

2328 Bishop's Candle- 

sticks 

2329 Peacemaker 

2330 Changeling 

2331 Wire Entanglement 

2332 Pride of Regiment 

2333 "1588" 

2334 Man on the Kerb 

2335 O'Dowd 

2336 Impertinence of the 

Creature 

2337 Dramatist at Home 

2338 Martha the Sooth- 

sayer. 

2339 Old Martha, 1«. [U. 

2340 All Through Martha 

VOLUME 157 

2341 Men who Loved 

Mamie 

2342 Fanny and the Ser- 

vant Problem 

2343 Come Michaelmas 

2344 Teeth of the Gift 

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2353 BOysTroposai 

2354 Bonnie Dunde» 

2355 Suffragette 

VOLUME 158 

2356 The Visit 

2357 A Well M itched Pair 

2358 For Lack of Evi- 

dence 

2359 Little Mrs. Cummin 

2360 A Tight Corner 

2361 Dear Departed 

2362 Pipers Pay 

2363 Her Vote 

2364 The Electric Man 

2365 At the Golden Goose 

2366 Her Dearest Friend 

2367 Love in a Railway 

Train 

2368 Make Believe 

2369 Pick of Oakham 

2370 Highwayman 
VOLUME 159 

2371 What Would a Gen- 

tleman Do ? 

2372 An Excellent Receipt 

2373 Parents' Progress 

2374 Younger Generation, 

lx. 

2375 Three Blind Mice 

(Law) 

2376 Laughter in Court 

2377 Pot Luck 

2378 Independent Means, 

1«. 

2379 Duchess of Dohertj 

Court 

2380 Wiles of the Widow 

2381 The Mobswoman 

2382 An Imaginary Aunt 

2383 Lady Flora's Name- 

sake 

2384 What Charity Covers 

2385 Patty Packs a Bag 

VOLUME 160 

2386 The Oak Settle 

2387 Scaring Off of Teddy 

Dawson 

2388 The First Locust 

2389 The Cigarette 

Maker's Romance, 
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2390 Company for George 

2391 Cranny's Juliet. 

2392 Hero and Heroine. 

2393 Jack and Jill and 

a Friend. 

2394 The Touch of Truth. 

2395 My Mutual Agree- 

ment. 

2396 Dick's Sister. 

2397 A Storm in a Tea- 

Shop. 

2398 The Man in the Stalls 

2399 My Wife 

2400 A Plume of Feathers 



